Changes

I shoot most of my street photos while on break at work. I work downtown Vancouver and for the past year, it’s been a great location to take street photos on my break. There are so many reasons this works for me, and I’ve covered them in previous posts, but simply put, looking through a camera and framing what’s happening is fun.

Last month, my work started doing renovations at our office, and while construction is happening, they’ve sent everyone home to work. I understand how lucky this may seem to some folks, and working from home has been great. I get to see my family more, am able to wake up later and be home earlier, and I’ve even saved some money on commuting and coffee.

One thing that has been more difficult since we were all sent home has been taking photos, or maybe I should say taking the same photos I used to. I live in a pretty quiet suburb of Vancouver. It’s a different landscape to what I usually look for and there is definitely a lack of human subjects.

I found I’ve lost the habit of taking my camera with me every day, all the time but there have been moments where I’ve remembered. Below is a photo taken just outside of Granville Island.

One of the nice aspects of taking photos every day at work was the consistency and volume. Being able to go to the same places day in, day out and notice the change in light, people and reflections was a great way to get better at photography and be more observant.

Now that I'm working from home, I’m not going to the same place every day. I’m not taking as many photos and am definitely not posting as many online now. This has been a bit of a surprise and I don’t think I realised how many photos I took. I’m having to tell myself that it’s ok not to post a few times a week.